Continuing Education

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Build your continuing education resume with coursework designed for professional nurses and other healthcare personnel. Penn State College of Nursing offers a wide variety of continuing education courses throughout the year. Our specific areas of continuing education include the following:

Online Courses

The College of Nursing is currently in the process of updating content and developing new topics for our online continuing nursing education courses.

At completion of a CE course and evaluation, students will receive a certificate.

All course materials, quizzes, certificates, and member histories will be available through the site at the click of a mouse. New courses will be added on a regular basis in order to assist Pennsylvania RNs in obtaining their biennial thirty CE hours.

Penn State College of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Leadership and Management

We offer an exportable in-person (or via remote connection) continuing education course focused on healthcare leadership and management topic areas. The course is designed in two-hour (2 contact hour) modules for a total of 12 hours (12 contact hours). If you are interested in hosting this seminar in your organization, please contact us at nursece@psu.edu.

Improving Practice Through Simulation

Practice your clinical skills in the College of Nursing’s simulation lab, filled with the latest technologies for nursing education. Gain confidence by practicing on simulated patients and engaging in simulated exercises to help reduce clinical errors. This is an in-person course offered in the College of Nursing Simulation Lab at University Park, PA.

School Nurse Series

The College of Nursing Outreach programs and Penn State Outreach bring to you a variety of courses aimed at keeping you up to date on the current health issues facing school nurses and teachers. New courses are developed each summer with current topics such as autism and bullying. For a current list of courses, click here.

Autumn Hannagan
Education Program Associate

Outreach and Continuing Education
Penn State College of Nursing
814-863-2239ads5139@psu.edu

Penn State College of Nursing Outreach is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.